by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ho! who comes here along with bagpiping...
Language: English
Ho! who comes here along with bagpiping and drumming? O tis the morris dance I see, a coming. Come ladies out, come quickly! And see about how trim they dance and trickly. Hey! there again! how the bells they shake it! He ho! now for our town! and take it! Soft awhile, piper, not away so fast! They melt them. Be hanged, knave! see'st thou not the dancers sweet them? Stand out awhile! you come too far, I say, in. There give the hobby-horse more room to play in!
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob (1895 - 1984), "Madrigal", 1932 [soprano and clarinet], from Three Songs, no. 3, OUP/Emerson [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Ho! Who Comes Here?", 1594 [ vocal quartet], madrigal [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ton van der Steenhoven
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-22
Line count: 10
Word count: 89